The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-30


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May you prosper and keep out OF row;
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HIk1lu' s.n
DESCENDING THE FRAZER RIVER.
A Strange Country-A beautiful, Namcless
II i"n,sH, Lake. WV
SpectG! Correspondence Of The In!eiiigenar,
In places along this river, the Frazsr,
civilization is beginning to claim exis.
tence. Saw mills arc building, and rude
houses are taking the place Of the Chineae
dens. But everything is in a wild and
rude state. While passing along through
a forest l suddenly came upon an omen.
ing In the wood, and in this open
spsce TO- my surprise T found neat
church! That was the last placs I had
thought Of finding, house for religious
worship; but, !, called to mind the fact
that the groves were Gods first Tenn.
pies" l saw no echool house, ~ 8
When I had passed on a short distance
saw q town not far from the road. The
town was inhabited by white people OF
various nationalities, there being many
Scotch, as the name Of the village might
suggeat. It WAS Donald. !, ! am told that
for sinfulnsss this little town ia not sur
passed on the Pacific coast. II Ia q mod.
srn Sedan aud Gomorrah and al wicked
nees and iniQrity is carried on herewith
q high hand and an outstretchad arm.
The town Is center for lumber region
from which timber is obtained for the
snoT-sheda on the mountainB, b.. W.
For some distance below this p}aca the
valley Of the river wau less nwampy, and
vas also narrower and more rugged.
The bottoms OF the streams are covered
With bars Of brightly colored graYe!s. Al
shades and tints are TO be found /; and NOT
only may 80 many hues be met with
among different pebbles in the sams bar
but even the individual pebblea them.
selves are Of different colors-ons side he.
ing white and the other yellow, or yeiuea
With blacs, white, red, blue, green, brown.
grey, yellow and other shades, all in The
same pebble. ~ '1Ig /
(. Along down the narrow valley n1m-
Der Of lumber mills and phinple factories
wero peesed. There is no agriculture ut
all. Products Of tho farm are sold At
'abulous prices. Small green apples,
which in Wsst Virginia would not bring
twenty centH q buehel, hare sell Tor 81 20
a dozen, OF shout $50 g bustol. Peaches
peare, equally as mean, are cold at the
came price. Plums cell at 60 centes aczsn,
or about $40 gallon. When ! had con.
adhered these prices ! wa5 at iirat Inclined
to think that money could be made shin
ping fruit hero from California OF, Mis-.
souri,; but there are 60 fsw people here
that Eve bushels would glut the market
for q month. W. 80 ! :
AMUsIsG SCENES. G5;. j5;;; :
Occasionally I passed small, rouqh
towns, With all the suAianiem OF frontiers,
YET, there iss omething In them to smuse.
Hotels seem to be tho larger portion ofthe
buildings. These little tayerns, only one
story high; Of ,undreesed boards, rough
and implanted, with one door and two or
three Windows. have pjens es yaipslorious
ssthe palace hotels Of London Or Paris
A common name is ;"Rer Msjeety'e Ho.
lei, ""Grand Royal Hotel,nn and one that
could not have had more than three
small rooms within it's walls, had this over
the door: t"Grand Imperial Hotel, Kept
On the European Plan Further towards
The East l saw this sign over door:
"6ene!sl Merchandise, Dynamite,
Liquors, &c. Hipleat 3prices paid ior
Hides, Furs and Bones; Marriage Licenses
Issued Rers.n S. 5.!a.s158 IA - :
Late in that afternoon came to a lake
! that was most beautiful. Here I had IN
opportunity Of seeing how:slight is the
difference that goes to make a ecene OF
dcsola.ion on s Eeene Of beauty, In q
former letter Il spoke 81 that valley Of
death, that valley covered By q swamp,
With reeds and trees growing up through
the staagoant water. Twas a scene most
dismal. But, hero now, was q valley in
all respects similar to the other, except
that instead Of being q swamp covered
with marshy pooh 81 vster, II was deep,
and wea q clear lake. s. I: .sl'
4 The mountains which; cast their gloom
and shadows over the swamp, stand also
by the lake, but the effect is entirely diff.
terent. The expHnse Of water is in lascth
about three lnilea uau ons:nailf mile In
width. The river doen not TOW through
the lake, but 1t has an outlet at the west
ern end in q rugged canon. The water ia
exceedingly clear; and I was singrla.ly
Impressed with the co,nhinasiouo Of Il ijsc.
tions Of objects On tho sho:ea. Objects
near the lake were seen % clearly beueath
the water ss from above. It was q most
perfect mirror, picturing everything on a
background Of dark. :.l.ssS},i fisS3 y
There were high mountains on every
side; and on Ols aida, ia9 sway, shove the
tops Of the nearer hills, was q range Of
snowy peaks dszzling in the seunshino.
These shono with magni6ed mapnificence
from the lake, tho glitteriny Wilderness q
the snaw contrasting sNlenaidiy with tle
blue Of the eky. T thought tLst the pic.
ture In the lake was more beautiful than
the reality itssli. - ~
q On tho other eide Of the lake was very
different aceue, and q strange one, "a high
mountain arose, reaching almost to the
clouds-for a few clouds were floating
placidly there-and was densely wooded
from bottom to top. Against the side Of
this mountain tremendous fire wa
raging. 81 E.jjIF
q; K; SdAeN1yIcEST DESTRUCTION. 3
- The forest that grew there sWas meeting
Its late in common with the forests To-
I hundreds By Of miles around, many Of which